Elenza’s $24m B round came from private equity firm Carlyle Group, venture capital firm Delphi Ventures and an undisclosed strategic corporate investor from the ophthalmic industry, as well as Itochu.
Category: Deals
Jagex plays with latest funding
Raine Group backs UK games maker Jagex.
Plastyc gets to Core’s $2m
Center for Financial Services Innovation-backed fund invests $2m in Plastyc.
IntegenX raises round and buys peer
IntegenX, formerly known as Microchip Biotechnologies, buys biotech peer GenVault and raises $15.6m.
Tencent plays to keep Riot
Tencent, a China-based online messaging company, has acquired a majority stake in one of its corporate venturing group’s portfolio companies, Riot Games, for a reported $400m.
Cisco swims into Inlet
Inlet acquisition will boost Cisco’s Videoscape television platform, allowing service and content providers to deliver video to any device over any internet protocol network.
Violin plucks Toshiba and Juniper’s strings
US-based equipment maker Juniper Networks has joined Japan-based Toshiba’s America Electronic Components subsidiary as an investor in Violin Memory’s $35m B round.
HTC tastes Saffron Digital deal
Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has made acquired UK-based Saffron Digital, part of Saffron Media Group, after striking a partnership last year. News provider PaidContent said the investment was for £30m ($48m) and provides an exit to venture capital firms Beringea, NewSmith Capital and Duet Asset Management. Beringea made a 5.8 times return on its investment,… Continue reading HTC tastes Saffron Digital deal
Google backs former colleagues
Dasient gains Google Ventures as latest investor.
Softbank backs Synacast
Synacast’s PPTV has 200 million users across China and has sold a 35% stake to Japan-based media group Softbank for $250m.
Legend’s Jucheng preps flotation
Investment bank UBS is advising on the flotation of Jucheng, the first training services company to list in China.
Qualcomm names finalists
QPrize Venture Investment Competition picks six regional winners.
Aavishkaar drink Milk Mantra Dairy
Milk Mantra Dairy gains India-based social venture capital firm Aavishkaar Venture Management Services as backer.
Yellow&Blue cheers on Entelios
Yellow&Blue Investment Management, a Netherlands-based clean energy corporate venturing unit on behalf of the local Nuon utility, has co-led the series A round for Entelios. High-Tech Gründerfonds, a Germany-based venture capital firm backed by the local government and companies, was the other co-lead investor in Entelios. Germany-based Entelios started last year as the first nationwide… Continue reading Yellow&Blue cheers on Entelios